Born Into Slavery On July 3, 1842 Near Columbus, Georgia; Bishop Holsey Of The C.M.E. Church And Local Resident Of August, Was the Prime Mover In The Founding Of Pain College. In 1882, As a Fraternal Messenger, He Appeared Before the General...

Paine Institute Held Its First Class On January 1, 1884, In Rented Quarters On Broad Street in Augusta, GA. Among The First Group Of Young People Present That Morning Was John Wesley Gilbert, Who Stepped Ahead Of The Others And Enrolled As The...

This building was located in New Orleans between Magazine and Soniat Streets. The original site for Southern University was in an old building on Calliope Street (No. 158) in New Orleans in 1881. This building had previously housed the Hebrew...

The Baton Rouge Academy, an institution sponsored by the Fourth District Missionary Baptist Association of Louisiana for black boys and girls. In 1892, a suggestion was made that the Fourth District Association purchase a tract of land for...

Raised cottage. This is the only building that was found upon what is now Southern University when the institution relocated from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The building had been renovated and was used as a home for one of the...

College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- District of Columbia Teachers College;
Cooke, Paul P.;
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College – Presidents

Upon the merging of DCTC, FCC, and WTI, to form the University of the District of Columbia, Dr. Cooke retired as President of DCTC. He remained active with the University of the District of Columbia, and chaired its History Committee. In 1986, UDC...

Upon the death of Dr. James E. Shepard, founder and President of the College, the Board of Trustees appointed an Interim Committee(1947) consisting of Dr. Albert E. Manley, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and (not pictured) Miss Ruth G....

Upon the death of Dr. James E. Shepard, founder and president of the college, the Board of Trustees appointed an Interim Committee (1947) consisting of Dr. Albert T. Turner, Dean of the School of Law, and (not pictured) Dr. Albert E. Manley, Dean...

Tigerbelles Edith McGuire and Wyomia Tyus of Tennessee A & I State University (Now Tennessee State University) Sit Upon a Suitcase, Surrounded by Their Luggage at the Nashville Municipal Airport Prior to Traveling to Toyko, Japan for the 1964...

Elgy Johnson served as acting president of Federal City College, He served from 1972 through 1974. Upon the appointment of Dr. Russell as President, Dr. Johnson resumed his position as Chairman of the Mathematics Department. He received his BS from...

The Tennessee State College Cheerleaders Lead as Students Participate in Cheers and Yells for the President Upon his Return From Chicago where He Received the Robert S. Abbatl Memorial Award on May 5, 1951.